Discovering, Creating, Problem-Solving, or All Three?
Megan Andrews 4Bb
September 11, 2013
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Hi, my name is Layla. Megan was the one who created me. I really want to help her with making a boat. But I am stuck in here. Tell her that I am sorry, but I cannot help. Discovery is amazing!
Cooperating and Collaborating ...
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Creativity through Our Collaboration
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The "T" in STEM Stands for Technology ...
The "Hour of Code" Initiative
The Engineering Design Process ...
PROBLEM:
How Do We Build a Catapult?
ASK:
What is Our Challenge?
The Angry Bird Competition is on … Angry Bird and Piggy Friends unite! To retrieve your stolen eggs, Angry Birds, your team will need to build a catapult with only the materials provided to you, as outlined in the following steps of this “Small Group Challenge: Marshmallow Catapults”: Challenge: Each group will design and build a marshmallow catapult using the following materials: 1 meter of masking tape; 2 plastic cups; 4 rubber bands; 2 plastic spoons; 2 paper clips; 15 cm x 15 cm piece of cardboard; large (standard size) and small (mini size) marshmallows to launch. Goal: Launch a marshmallow at least 5 meters (in the air) and not outside of a ½ meter width. What is a Catapult?
Megan Andrews 4Bb
Discovery Center / Library
Catapult Research
January 2014
Catapults are weapons or war before guns and canons. They were simple machines used to through heavy objects. To get its energy, a human winds a rope on the catapult, and when he releases it the object goes flying. To build a catapult, I would need a cup, string, popsicle sticks, straws, tape, scissors, spoon and rubber bands.
IMAGINE:
What are Some Solutions?
What is the Best Possible Solution?
Why did Our Team Choose This Solution?
Megan Andrews 4Bb
Discovery Center
Catapult Reflection
February 2014
The Mangonel was the solution. We used Eamonn’s idea and combined my idea into a super-duper catapult. The best possible solution was the Mangonel because it seemed to be the most effective.
PLAN:
What is a Diagram / Orthographic Design of Our Prototype?
CREATE:
What does Our Finished Construct Look Like?
IMPROVE:
What works, what doesn't work, and what could work better from Our Testing?
What are We going to do to address the Challenges We Faced with Our Construct?
Megan Andrews 4Bb
Discovery Center
Catapult Reflection
February 2014
Everything worked as expected for the accuracy. To improve our testing I would improve the aim, because every time we were a little bit off our target. We changed our idea once, and we did not change it again afterwards.
PRESENTATION:
How do We Catapult Ourselves into Problem Based Learning?
Discovering...
Megan Andrews 4Bb
September 11, 2013
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Hi, my name is Layla. Megan was the one who created me. I really want to help her with making a boat. But I am stuck in here. Tell her that I am sorry, but I cannot help. Discovery is amazing!
Cooperating and Collaborating ...
Team Banner
The "T" in STEM Stands for Technology ...
The "Hour of Code" Initiative
The Engineering Design Process ...
PROBLEM:
How Do We Build a Catapult?
ASK:
What is Our Challenge?
The Angry Bird Competition is on … Angry Bird and Piggy Friends unite! To retrieve your stolen eggs, Angry Birds, your team will need to build a catapult with only the materials provided to you, as outlined in the following steps of this “Small Group Challenge: Marshmallow Catapults”:
Challenge: Each group will design and build a marshmallow catapult using the following materials: 1 meter of masking tape; 2 plastic cups; 4 rubber bands; 2 plastic spoons; 2 paper clips; 15 cm x 15 cm piece of cardboard; large (standard size) and small (mini size) marshmallows to launch.
Goal: Launch a marshmallow at least 5 meters (in the air) and not outside of a ½ meter width.
What is a Catapult?
Megan Andrews 4Bb
Discovery Center / Library
Catapult Research
January 2014
Catapults are weapons or war before guns and canons. They were simple machines used to through heavy objects. To get its energy, a human winds a rope on the catapult, and when he releases it the object goes flying. To build a catapult, I would need a cup, string, popsicle sticks, straws, tape, scissors, spoon and rubber bands.
IMAGINE:
What are Some Solutions?
What is the Best Possible Solution?
Why did Our Team Choose This Solution?
Megan Andrews 4Bb
Discovery Center
Catapult Reflection
February 2014
The Mangonel was the solution. We used Eamonn’s idea and combined my idea into a super-duper catapult. The best possible solution was the Mangonel because it seemed to be the most effective.
PLAN:
What is a Diagram / Orthographic Design of Our Prototype?
CREATE:
What does Our Finished Construct Look Like?
IMPROVE:
What works, what doesn't work, and what could work better from Our Testing?
What are We going to do to address the Challenges We Faced with Our Construct?
Megan Andrews 4Bb
Discovery Center
Catapult Reflection
February 2014
Everything worked as expected for the accuracy. To improve our testing I would improve the aim, because every time we were a little bit off our target. We changed our idea once, and we did not change it again afterwards.
PRESENTATION:
How do We Catapult Ourselves into Problem Based Learning?
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